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Automotive Engineering

Master of Science

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With a focus on the vehicle as a complete system, this program equips you to design, analyze, and innovate for the next generation of vehicles.

» Program Overview

Drive Innovation Forward

Imagine studying automotive engineering in the automotive capital of the world. Lawrence Technological University, founded on the site where Henry Ford perfected the moving assembly line, has a legacy of shaping the future of mobility. LTU graduates have been behind thousands of groundbreaking automotive innovations, and you could be next.

With a focus on the vehicle as a complete system, LTU’s Master of Science in Automotive Engineering equips you to design, analyze, and innovate for the next generation of vehicles. Whether you’re passionate about electrification, advanced manufacturing, or cutting-edge design, this program will help you gain the skills to lead in a dynamic industry.

» Why LTU?

  • Understand the automobile as a unified system.
  • Complete the program in two years with flexible evening classes for professionals.
  • Choose either a research-focused or application-driven thesis or coursework path aligned with your career goals. 

Join a university with a proven legacy and strong connections to the automotive industry.

Program Director

Kingman Yee

248.204.2582

kyee@ltu.edu

» Curriculum

Course Name

Course #

Credits

Applied Thermodynamics
The concept of availability, refrigeration cycles, mixtures and psychometrics, combustion and thermochemistry, chemical equilibrium, equations of state and thermodynamics relations.

EME5153

3

Mechanical Vibrations
Harmonic oscillations of one and two degrees of freedom linear systems. Damped vibration. Concept of vibration isolation. Multi-degrees of freedom systems.

EME5213

3

Advanced Mechanics of Materials
Course description not found.

EME5223

3

Engineering Analysis 1
Course description not found.

EME5253

3

Total Credits:

12

Students may select six courses from the following list:

Course Name

Course #

Credits

Energy Resources and Technology
United States and world energy demands and resources, new sources of energy, energy utilization and efficiencies, current technology for production of synthetic fuels, environmental impact and energy policies.

EME5263

3

Modern Control Systems
State space realization of transfer functions, canonical forms, fundamental and state transition matrices, introduction to optimal control, quadratic performance indices, observers, Liapunov stability theory.

EME5323

3

Alternative Energy Engineering
This course is a technical study of all of the major alternative energy topics. Thermodynamics, electrical principles, the related technologies for electric power and the current status of our non-renewable energy sources are reviewed. The multidisciplinary topics of alternative energy in the course include solar energy (photovoltaic and solar heating), wind energy (turbines), biomass, geothermal, wave and tidal energy, hydrogen energy and fuel cells. Energy generation system integration is also incorporated. The goal is to equip the students so that they acquire the essential knowledge regarding these technologies, and also have the skills to generate basic designs and to calculate performances of such system designs.

EME5373

3

Vehicle Dynamics 1
Fundamentals of vehicle dynamics with focus on acceleration, braking, aerodynamics, axle loading, ride and steady state handling principles, steering and instability (e.g., roll over)

EME5433

3

Vehicle Crashworthiness
Introductory laboratory covering experiments to complement College Physics 1. 1 Credit Hours. Lab 2 hrs. The following course can be taken concurrently with this course: PHY 2213.

EME5453

3

Automotive HVAC 1
Introduction to the design and analysis of heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems (Climate Control Systems) with an emphasis on automotive applications. Psychometrics, humidification, heating, cooling, fluid flow and pressure losses and system design.

EME5573

3

Special Topics: Advanced Driver Assisted Systems-ADAS
Covers a new or specialized topic in Mechanical Engineering for which there is strong faculty and student interest, but is not covered in other courses. Credit hour is indicated by the last digit of the course number.

EME5983

3

Special Topics: Battery Applications for Electric Vehicles
Covers a new or specialized topic in Mechanical Engineering for which there is strong faculty and student interest, but is not covered in other courses. Credit hour is indicated by the last digit of the course number.

EME5983

3

Special Topics: Thermal management for Electric Vehicles
Covers a new or specialized topic in Mechanical Engineering for which there is strong faculty and student interest, but is not covered in other courses. Credit hour is indicated by the last digit of the course number.

EME5983

3

Special Topics: Autonomous Vehicles
Covers a new or specialized topic in Mechanical Engineering for which there is strong faculty and student interest, but is not covered in other courses. Credit hour is indicated by the last digit of the course number.

EME5983

3

Fatigue Analysis
This course covers the design of mechanical and automotive components against fatigue failure. It covers mechanical properties and behavior of engineering materials subjected to static, dynamic, creep, and fatigue loads under environments and stress states typical of service conditions: biaxial theories of failure; behavior of crack bodies, microstructure-property relationships; design methodologies for homogeneous and composite materials. Major topics include: review elementary stress analysis, complex stress analysis: principle stresses in 3D; Mohr’s circle, elastic deformation; Hook’s Law, mechanism and rhelogical modeling; plastic, creep, and anelastic strain in metals and Polymers, failure theories for ductile and brittle materials, application of failure theories, introduction to LEFM (linear elastic fracture mechanics), fatigue (introduction), fatigue-stress raisers, S-N curve and design, strain based fatigue analysis, application of LEFM to fatigue, fatigue crack growth behavior, failure design using LEFM, creep: introduction, creep: life estimates, stress-strain time relations.

EME6113

3

Body and Chassis Systems
Must have B.S.M.E or graduate standing with approval of MAE program director. Introduction to body and chasis systems. Taught as a series of seminars presented by industry experts and coordinated by the MAE program director. Includes body-in-white, safety design, design of hardware, dimensioning and tolarances, noise-vibration-harshness (NVH), seats and restraints, interior systems, electrical distributions. Standards and federal regulations. Strategic product planning, and next generation vehicles are also included. Lecture 3 hrs.

EME6333

3

Automotive Mechanical Systems
Must have a B.S.M.E or graduate standing with approval of MAE program director. Basic mechanical systems of the automobile; axles; driveshafts; C.V. joint/half shafts; 4X4 driveline systems; steering columns; manual/power steering; brakes; suspension; heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC). Taught as a series of seminars presented by industry experts and coordinated by the MAE program director. Includes hands-on introduction to the associated hardware. Lecture 3 hrs.

EME6353

3

Automotive Electrical Systems
Must have a B.S.E.E or gradate standing with approval of MAE program director. Basic electrical systems of the automobile; power train control, transmission control, charging and voltage regulation, storage, ignition, braking control (ABS), traction control, and electrical distribution with a hand-on introduction to associated hardware. Lecture 3 hrs.

EME6363

3

Powertrain Systems 1-Engines
Must have a B.S.M.E or graduate standing with approval of MAE program director. Powertrain systems from a thermodynamic point-of-view. Thermodynamic analysis of the combustion and gas exchange processes in compression-ignition and spark-ignition engines, value train design, ignition timing, mixture requirements, lubrication, vibration and balancing, emissions, engine control, and performance requirements. Lecture 3 hrs.

EME6373

3

Powertrain Systems 2-Transmissions
Must have a B.S.M.E. or graduate standing with approval of MAE program director. Introduces powertrain systems from a mechanical point-of-view; manual and automatic transmissions systems, clutches, gears, flywheels, engines accessories, exhaust system, powertrain control systems, powertrain matching, and vehicle performance systems. Taught as a series of seminars presented by industry experts and coordinated by the MAE program director. A semester field trip to a transmission manufacturing/engineering facility is included. Lecture 3 hrs.

EME6383

3

Automotive Control Systems 1
Principles of contemporary analog control systems for automotive vehicle systems, including the fundamentals of analog control using LaPlace Transforms. Analysis and design of analog control systems using modern control systems hardware and software. Topics include open loop and closed loop control, system performance and system design in the time and frequency domains, root locus, and Bode analysis/synthesis. Application of numerical methods, system modeling and simulation, and control software. Hands-on introduction to Matlab, Simulink, and dSPACE software and hardware. Project based course with example applications to control systems in vehicle dynamics, steering, suspension, engine, transmission, driveline and other vehicle systems. LTU4WD vehicle chassis dynamometer for vehicle controls is included. This is Course-1 in a 2 course series.

EME6623

3

Thesis
This is a three credit hour course for course sequence adding to a total of six credits to fulfill the thesis option. Students work in collaboration with a faculty advisor and, optionally, an industrial advisor. Students are expected to meet regularly with their advisors. Upon completion of the six hours, students give an oral defense of their findings and submit the thesis to the University for publication.

EME6913

3

Vehicle Dynamics 2
Advanced study of vehicle dynamics with focus on pneumatic tire behavior, suspension and steering characteristics for ride and handling, including steady state and unsteady state handling. Dynamics of vehicles including passenger automobiles, trucks, tractors, trailers and non-highway trucks.

EME7433

3

Automotive Manufacturing
Must have a B.S.M.E or graduate standing with approval of MAE program director. Manufacturing processes for metals, polymers, automotive manufacturing and assembly, including major sub-assemblies, engine, transmissions, stampings, body construction, paint systems, trim, electrical, powertrain, chassis. The need for new organizations and business processes, such as concurrent engineering, computer-aided manufacturing, introduction to robotics, etc. A semester field trip to a vehicle assembly plant is included.

EMS6343

3

Quality Control
Quality policies and objectives, management of quality, new product quality, production of quality. Statistical process quality control. Computers and SPQC. Methods for process improvements, preventive maintenance. Quality measure and controls in several manufacturing industries.

EMS6403

3

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